If India is not to declare spiritual bankruptcy, religious instruction of its youth must be held to be at least as necessary as secular instruction.

I do not wish my house to be walled and my windows stuffed. I want all cultures to blow freely through my dwelling.

The pure love of one soul can offset the hatred of millions.

If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.

The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisonous reptiles because of our ignorance.

Spiritual force is like any other force at the service of man.

Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.